Mary J Blige ft. Beyonce – Love a Woman
The full version of the most talked about Mary J Blige track in recent memory hit the Internets yesterday. Love A Woman was originally recorded by Beyoncé, who decided she didn’t want it (for good reason) so she tossed it to Mary. It’s off her My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act I), which hits stores on November 21st.
“Love A Woman” is more disappointing drivel from an artist whose lengthy career is pretty much over. Even Beyonce couldn’t save this gloomy track. While the lyrics imploring men to love their women are meaningful, the track doesn’t quite hit the mark. Mary will always be considered a R&B legend, and she will remain in demand on the nightclub circuit, if that’s any consolation.
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Celebs Attend the 16th Annual GQ “Men Of The Year” Party
Aging rapper Jay-Z attended the 16th Annual GQ “Men Of The Year” Party at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, CA yesterday. Jay Z was chosen as one of four Men of The Year by GQ.
I laughed out loud when I saw these photos of TV personality La La Vasquez and her Metrosexual NBA husband, Carmelo Anthony. Can you tell she reads the blogs? If you think blogs don’t affect the lives of these celebrities, think again.
Soul Train Awards 2011 – Arrivals
The Soul Train Awards 2011, hosted by comedian Cedric the Entertainer, took place last night at the Fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta. The event also coincided with the 40th anniversary of Soul Train, the longest-running musical program of its kind on television. Numerous celebs, past and present, graced the red carpet, which was hosted by RHOA’s Cynthia Bailey, pictured below left with singer Marsha Ambrosius.
Rihanna Performs “We Found Love” Live On X-Factor
Troubled singer Rihanna, 23, performed her hit single, “We Found Love”, on The X-Factor last night. Actually, she lip synced the song while about 15 dancers writhed at her feet. It was a bizarre, lazy performance by the shock princess who sounded like a strangled cat singing over the backing track.
At one point, towards the end of her performance, Rihanna mistakenly lowered the mic while her backing track was still playing. It was a spectacularly unprofessional mistake that caused many Twitter.com users to wonder if the Bajan superstar was drunk.
Courtesy of Yardie
Celebs Out & About: Usher, Chris Brown, Pink
Usher, 33, and a fashionable lady friend were seen leaving his hotel in New York City yesterday. Has anyone seen his other lady friend, Grace Miguel?
Troubled singer Chris Brown, 22, attracted a crowd of paparazzi as he was leaving a shopping center in his new Lamborghini. It’s hard to tell who is in the passenger seat beside him. We hope she’s his rebound girlfriend, Karrueche Tran — for her sake.
Twitter FAIL: Rev Run’s Son JoJo Defends His Manhood
Rev Run’s son JoJo Simmons found out the hard way not to DM females on social networking websites without checking out their stats first or at least asking his boys who already ran up in her to verify her equipment.
A tranny sent a video to Worldstar Hip Hop claiming JoJo was open to a down low relationship. The tranny said JoJo knew it wasn’t a biological female, and to prove it she gave out JoJo’s personal cell phone number and provided private text messages.
JoJo, who probably can’t afford a publicist, immediately took to his Twitter page to dispute the allegations and to defend his manhood, which is currently in jeopardy.
We believe him because no industry man could be that stupid.
See the video after the break, courtesy of WSHH.
Celebs Out & About: Common, Jeezy, Keri Hilson, Towanda Braxton
Rapper Common held a listening party for his latest album, The Dreamer, The Believer, in Atlanta last night. The ATL’s industry glitterati rubbed elbows with celebs such as Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo, Jeezy and more!
Thanks to Tami of Talkingwithtami blog and celebrity photographer Thaddaeus McAdams of ExclusiveAccess.net for the pics!
Singer songwriter Keri Hilson stopped by to congratulate Common.
